Fortuna Middle locked down as police search for warrant suspect

Fortuna Middle School was briefly locked down this morning while Fortuna police searched for a suspect in the area.

Principal Shannon Lynch said she was in the district office, which faces Eighth Street, when she and other staff noticed police searching yards in the area around 10:10 a.m. and decided to take action.

"You know, it wouldn't hurt to have a lockdown," she said.

The school superintendent phoned police, who notified the school after about five minutes that they apprehended a person on a misdemeanor warrant.